We are recruiting a Maintenance and Estate Engineer to lead and conduct all maintenance activity and assist with grounds maintenance for a luxury holiday cottage complex in the beautiful South Devon countryside.
For the right candidate this is an enjoyable and sociable job, working in a beautiful environment alongside the site owners, the housekeeping team, the housekeeping manager and on-site guests
Salary & Benefits
Up to £30,000 depending on experience
40-hour contract 5 day working week, 3 flexible but must include Friday & Saturday
5.5 weeks holiday entitlement (28 days)
Annual Pay Review
The Role
As Maintenance Person, youll take the lead in the self-managing role, overseeing all aspects of maintenance across the complex and tasks will include but not be limited to:
Your responsibilities will include:
Domestic and commercial maintenance activities, including repair skills for fixtures, fittings and domestic appliances.
Redecoration and general maintenance projects.
Periodic window cleaning.
Ad hoc BBQ cleaning in the summer.
Swimming pool maintenance and dosing full training and qualifications if required will be provided for this.
Periodic biomass boiler cleaning.
Many aspects of the day-to-day running of a holiday complex.
Animal feeding and tending for part of the week but will include every Saturday
Project management and planning of winter renovation and renewals. There is an annual maintenance period from the beginning of Jan to mid Feb when the site is closed to guests.
In respect to the estate side of the role you will be required to diversify onto grounds management depending on the season ,
Tasks will include but not be limited to:
Lawns and ride on tractor mower and hand mower
Hedge cutting, and strimming
Tree management and chainsaw work with assistance.
Refuse and recycling management
fencing and clearing
Keeping cottage frontages and pathways tidy and in good order.
Involving Use of the following equipment:
Fully equipped workshops with tools, power tools, grounds machinery, paints/brushes, pressure washers etc.
Kioti All-Terrain Vehicle.
The Candidate
We re looking for a self-motivated maintenance person, physically fit and able, with additional groundskeeping skills who is equally happy working alone as in a team. Experience and skills will ideally include the following, but flexibility and training can be given:
Highly organised, tidy and punctual.
Good organisation and project management skills.
Ideally, engineering skills and some knowledge of building work and carpentry.
Painting and decorating skills, and the ability to paint accurately with attention to detail.
Very competent at repairing and fixing things that go wrong in a typical home, from domestic appliances to heating systems and water pipes, swapping taps, fixing plumbing problems etc.
Sociable and able to work with others and liaise with guests from time to time.
Experience with power tools, saws, and typical tools used for maintenance tasks.
Experience with grounds keeping equipment would be beneficial, lawnmowers, hedgeCutters, chainsaws, preferably some chainsaw experience.
Mechanical knowledge of 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines, carbs and servicing would be helpful.
This is a wonderful opportunity for a local individual with a strong maintenance background, maybe from leisure or hospitality, to join a fun and evolving small a team in varied and interesting role with flexibility and offering a really good work life balance.
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